An mRNA vaccine, instead, shows cells how to make a protein that initiates an immune response, according to the CDC. The vaccine is "tricking" the body to make these proteins.

For those thinking cancer will be conquered by mRNA, that story is many , many yrs away from being realized imho. And when it comes to getting any of their other pipeline of products out on the ...

Both Pfizer and Moderna developed their COVID vaccines using mRNA technology. They are designed to only trigger an immune response to the virus’s spike protein.

mRNA vaccines teach the immune system to target specific proteins, often proteins found on a pathogen, like a virus. To do this, they use instructions carried in a genetic molecule called ...

What if mRNA vaccines could be made more powerful and less irritating? Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to do just that—by tweaking a key molecule in the vaccine’s ...

The approach, which mimics how the body responds to a virus, could pave the way for a universal cancer vaccine.

mRNA vaccines are a very new technology, and had a long road to being developed. Indeed, it has been thirty years since the first paper came out that proposed using mRNA for vaccines.

The COVID-19 vaccines that have been given Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the FDA use something called mRNA to cause an immune response to COVID-19. This is different from most vaccines you ...

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mRNA vaccines teach some of our cells how to make part of the virus, not the entire germ. In this case, it's that "spike protein" you've seen in pictures.